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Cardinal men claim third national title! Congratulations!
Cardinal men claim third national title! Congratulations!
The Cardinal men's track and field team claimed the final jewel of a rare triple crown May 29 as the team protected a huge early lead and
won the program's 20th national title
at the 2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships. The victory makes North Central just the second team in Division III history to sweep the national cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field championships in one academic year.
2009 graduate named Fulbright Scholar: College's sixth
2009 graduate named Fulbright Scholar: College's sixth
Parker Gadbois '09, who majored in English and minored in Chinese and secondary education, was named a Fulbright Scholar and will teach English in Taiwan. He was awarded the highly prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Award for 2010-2011 and begins his 11-month assignment on Aug. 1 with $30,000 of support and additional funds for language study. Gadbois teaches English at East Aurora High School in Aurora and sees the Fulbright as a way to both share his love of teaching and improve his Chinese skills and cultural knowledge.
Junior broadcaster receives Silver Dome nomination
Junior broadcaster receives Silver Dome nomination
Ryan Pier '11, sports director for WONC-FM 89.1, received a nomination for Best Sportscaster (in a small market) from the Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA) and is one of three vying for this Silver Dome Award. His competition includes sports reporters from two commercial stations: WKAN in Kankakee and WRMJ in Aledo. Piers produced a sports story that aired on WONC featuring the basketball prowess of the Raridon family. He will attend the IBA awards ceremony June 16 in Normal, Ill., where he'll learn the winner.
Student earns National Science Foundation Fellowship
Student earns National Science Foundation Fellowship
Emily Albright '10 has been awarded a 2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. Albright, a biochemistry major from Naperville, can apply the portable financial award toward a graduate school of her choosing. While at North Central, she's honed her research skills while working with such faculty as Jonathan Visick, associate professor of biology, and Stephen Johnston, Roger and Nadeane Hruby Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Mock Trial team makes "serious noise" against top teams
Mock Trial team makes "serious noise" against top teams
When seven members of North Central's Mock Trial team advanced to compete in the American Mock Trial Association 2010 national tournament March 12-14, they didn't know they'd be facing the top teams in the entire country. Team members tried legal cases against the Universities of Minnesota, Michigan, Chicago and Notre Dame and finished the tournament with a 3-5 record, missing a bid to the National Championship Tournament in April.
Biology major chosen to read his poetry at Chicago festival
Biology major chosen to read his poetry at Chicago festival
Weien Wang '11, a biology major, is taking full advantage of North Central's interdisciplinary approach to liberal arts education. He will represent the College when he reads his poetry at the 11th annual Citywide Undergraduate Poetry Festival April 1 at Columbia College Chicago. Only one student from each of the 11 participating colleges and universities is invited to read his or her work at the festival.
Men capture national championship in indoor track & field
Men capture national championship in indoor track & field
Winning three events and scoring in three more, the North Central College men's track & field team was crowned National Champions on March 13 with its first Indoor National Title since 1989, besting a field of more than 65 institutions. The Cardinals scored 52.3 points and claimed nine All-Americans. Congratulations men!
The video is courtesy of
Naperville Community Television
Senior Sarah Kurpiel to present paper at honor society convention
Senior Sarah Kurpiel to present paper at honor society convention
Presenting academic work at an international convention in St. Louis is how one student will spend her spring break. Sarah Kurpiel '10, majoring in English literature and French, will present her paper titled "Where's Antonio Then?: Locating the Inclusions and Exclusions of Antonio in Two Film Versions of Twelfth Night" at the Sigma Tau Delta 2010 International Convention in St. Louis March 17-20.
Cardinals claim three of four regional awards in track & field, cross country
Cardinals claim three of four regional awards in track & field, cross country
The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its 2010 Men's Indoor Track & Field Midwest Region Award winners March 10 with three of the four award winners from North Central.
Al Carius
was honored as the Head Coach of the Year,
Tim Winder
was named Assistant Coach of the Year while pole vaulter
Jake Winder '10
was selected as the Field A
Four wrestlers head to nationals March 5-6
Four wrestlers head to nationals March 5-6
For the second time in four years, North Central will send a four-man delegation to the NCAA Division III National Wrestling Championships, the most the Cardinals have ever sent to the event in a single year. While the road to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a well-worn path for one member of the group, the other three will make their initial trips after traveling very different routes to this point. One of the most decorated wrestlers in North Central's history,
Gabe Youel '10
(photo) is making his fourth and final appearance
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I was thinking recently about ways in which I can show more gratitude. Then it hit me that as an author, it would be nice to do a personal snapshot on decor8 highlighting homeowners found in my latest book. I read lots of beautiful books that fellow authors have written but I rarely learn much about the people behind the gorgeous rooms shown throughout. My blog is a great place to begin sharing their stories so I'll begin with a mini series called Snapshots of Home that will begin with this post!
This mini series will appear weekly (or as they are submitted to me) highlighting the beautiful homeowners behind my latest book, Decorate Workshop. I've sent each homeowner a list of questions and asked each to snap photos from their home of things that make them happy. The first in my series is Iris Rietbergen, a talented Dutch interiors stylist, web shop owner and blogger and here is her snapshot of home.
Hi Iris! First of all, can you tell us what you do for a living?
Iris: I'm working as a freelance stylist. I help people to create their own personal home. This could an entire home from start to finish or to help decorate a specific room. I also love to do photo styling. Especially in personal homes, because they give a lot of inspiration true their own style. I always find them (personalized spaces) the most inspiring in magazines. And since the beginning of October 2012, I've started my own little web shop, Visje bij de thee, with a selection of inspiring items that will help you to create your own home sweet home. It's really great to search for special items! I would also like to do some more renovation projects in the future. I've renovated 4 houses myself (well of course with a builder) but it would be great to do this for other people as well.
Where do you live?
Iris: I live in Amsterdam in a house from approx. 1900, it's 105 m2, everything is on one (ground) floor and there is also a large basement for storage. The house has a lot of height and old features. I live with my husband and two children, Merel who is 5 years old and Jip who is three years old and our dog, Guus.
What is your favorite thing about Amsterdam?
Iris: That you can take your bicycle and explore the whole city. In Amsterdam you have such lovely neighborhoods, each of them have their own character. With their own little shops, cafes, restaurants and parks. And it's quite a safe city. I feel really privileged to live my life here with my family.
What are 5 of your favorite shops in Amsterdam?
Iris: The Weldaad, Sukha Amsterdam, BonBonBoutique, IJM (they are open once a month on the weekend) and Sky Fashion. I must add that there is one shop that is from Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek, based in Eindhoven, that is my favorite favorite shop ever! I'm a big fan of his designs, but I also like the ceramics by his wife Jeanine Eek Keizer very much. The shop and workplace is in an old light factory from Philips. A visit feels like being in a candy shop!
Now let's talk about books!
Is this your first time in a book?
Iris: Yes, this is the first time that my home is featured in a book – Decorate Workshop!
What did you enjoy when Debi and I worked in your home?
Iris: First of all you are both such sweet people! Very relaxed, although I know you had a tough deadline! And I like it when people bring good energy (like you both did). I knew a little bit of the work of Debi before she arrived because of the interior books she did with stylist Emily Chalmers. So it was an honor to meet her in person, this can also be said about you too, Holly. I really enjoy your ideas of sharing and all the lovely things that involve the wide range of interiors instead of keeping everything to yourself. And you bring it with a smile. Interiors are a bit like the cherry on a cake in the daily life. So… I especially enjoyed your company and humor, and the sack full of 'power' seeds from Debi, ha ha (munchies Debi brought that we were eating…)!
What do you love about interiors books in general?
Iris: That they give inspiration. I like to see all the different houses/interiors that show the own creative style of the residents.
What do you think of Decorate Workshop after you saw it?
Iris: What I really like about the book is that it takes you step by step through different homes and rooms but also gives you smart tips and tricks and how you can decorate your home in many different ways. The book also helps you to find your own style and to help create your own space. What fits with you as a person. I especially like the part about layering pattern. I find that the most inspiring part because a lot of people find that difficult, but actually it's the most fun!
What is one of your favorite photos of your home that Debi took?
Iris: The photos of my kitchen with the dining table (page 108/109) – the dining table is shown above. It's the heart of my house… Where we cook, eat, play and enjoy a good coffee, tea or glass of wine.
What are some of your favorite blogs and magazines?
Iris: Funny enough they are mostly magazines and blogs about FOOD! I have a soft spot for good food (I like to cook), all kind of fabrics, cutlery and tableware. For instance, Donna Hay magazine, What Katie Ate, Carline van Oel, and Studio MHL.
What attracts you to blogs the most?
Iris: When you can see their own style in the different items/features they collect for their blog. The love for pattern, colors, design mixed with vintage, etc. I'm quite a visual person.
What is your passion and what inspires you?
Iris: I've always loved to create little homes since I was child, that I call a nest. I think it is so important to live in a surrounding that reflects who you are. It should be warm and safe place to grow (in as a person). I'm not someone who follows trends simply because they are a trend but I do believe that an interior will always grow, becoming more and more a reflection of you, because you are always learning as a person. That's the pretty thing of life! I like to show that also with the products in my shop. They are not very trendy but they are mostly handmade products that have their own unique value.
And what about inspiration…
Iris: For inspiration I just open my eyes and look at the world… I love the architecture from different cities to a humble little barn in the French countryside. In Amsterdam, a lot of people live here from different cultures so they bring their own colors, patterns and food. I see it as privilege to be part of such a diverse city. Though, more specific, I love colors, fabrics and patterns… I find those things all around me — On a little vintage cup and saucer, paint on a wall in a cafe, fashion, or in nature. I'm grateful that I live in a country where we have four beautiful seasons. If you really look hard there is so much to enjoy.
What are some favorite things in your home currently?
Iris: I'm a bit of "in love" with my vintage bowls with little flowers (shown in the photo above). I'm also very fond of the color, like I call it, red cabbage/deep eggplant. It is such a beautiful "accent' color in a bowl, a cup or a chair. Love to mix it with pale blue/grey and a touch of ochre… And I'm enjoying my dinner table with a large wooden bench, pale grey, from Piet Hein Eek. I've had them now for 5 years and I'm enjoying them more every day, really! Also a plaid blanket from Scholten en Baijings. It was a present from my husband and it was on my wish list for a long time, I just love the bright funky colors!
What are some dream items you'd love to own?
Iris: I would love to own one day the fixed lounger of Floris Hovers in grey. Some more tableware from Jeanine Eek Keizer. There is a very special story behind this by the way. Jeanine collects all different old tableware, cup and saucer, plates etc. They are not matching (complete) anymore and a lot of people are not interested in them. She will give them a special color bath and they become matching again true their new colors. It is such a great idea and really pretty!
When it comes to colors, what palette are you drawn to for decorating currently?
I always like a neutral basis, but then I love my colors like deep eggplant, ochre, deep green, pale grey and some pink. I have a crush for the colors of IJM by stylist Frank Visser. He is such an inspiration.
So nice to share a little bit about you today on decor8, Iris! And thank you so much for being a part of my 2nd book! xo, Holly
(images: Iris Rietbergen and Debi Treloar)
I was so excited when I woke up this morning to finally see the long awaited feature that FvonF, a German interiors blog based in Berlin, had planned for my friend, Sandra Juto, and her husband Johan Pergenius! Here is a quick peek into their Berlin apartment, located in Friedrichshain, but the FvonF blog has many more photos plus a lovely interview.
I put FvonF in touch with Sandra and Johan not long after they moved to Berlin from Sweden, so it was good to see that FvonF fell in love with Sandra and Johan too. It makes me happy to see more of Sandra's apartment online – I've often wondered what her kitchen looks like – now I know. Her pretty apartment is so inspiring to me – I love the old German 'altbauwohnung" details seen in so many of the turn of the century buildings that we have here. The herringbone wooden floors, high ceilings, plasterwork on the ceiling, it's all so inspiring to me. I love the natural light and the painted wooden floors in Sandra's office. Don't forget to notice how she arranged her Polaroids on the wall…
I LOVED the part of their interview where they went into a bit of the emotional process involved in finding their apartment. I'll quote Sandra and Johan directly from FvonF . Sandra explained, "The online photos of the apartment looked so terrible (in an intriguing way) that we had to come see it to compare it to the other, more polished, places we had looked at. When we stepped inside we looked at each other and we couldn't ignore the fact that we both had fallen in love with the place. The condition of the apartment was more or less a disaster. The previous tenant lived here for 40 years before she died and seemed to like chain-smoking more than cleaning." And I couldn't help but laugh at how Johan described the first viewing, "When we showed up for the viewing, the real estate agent said we were brave to come see it. He was sitting in his car outside because he was so sure that no one would come." What a riot! And what a good example of how one has to believe in something for themselves – who cares what others think – even when it comes to home selection. YOU have to love it.
View the entire interview here.
(images: Philipp Langenheim)
Would you like a little home tour from Vienna today along with some insights into the homeowner's decisions and feelings about decorating? I came across a lovely home recently over on Flickr in my Interior Styling group (nearly 4,000 members so please join if you'd like) and had to reach out to both the photographer and home owner to ask about a possible tour on decor8. I am thrilled to say that both were willing and ready… Sooooo let's get started with a little home tour action today, shall we? We shall indeed!
This apartment belongs to Verena Stummer, an Art Director at Screenagers and owner of the small cooking brand, "Schön und gut", in Vienna, Austria. It's so quirky and well organized but above that, I like how it really seems to reflect the style of Verena. It shows that she is inspired by flowers, color, vintage finds and food – the exact things that she told me inspires her in general. It's nice to see that she lives around what she loves and what drives her and is fuel to her creative soul.
I thought it would be nice to chat with Verena to get a better sense of her space so I've included just a wee interview below. I'd love for you to read it as it won't take much of your time today but she makes some really neat points that may stick with you like happy glue on the heart. :)
decor8: Where do you begin first when decorating or redecorating a room?
Verena: I have a picture of the room to be in my mind, and try to get as close to it as possible. But sometimes it turns out that it actually works better in another way. Which is ok, I love surprises and I let coincidences have a great part in what I'm doing.
decor8: What do you love the most about your home?
Verena: That it reflects me. I love that guests often tell me "All of this is so you!". I also like to keep my furniture and decoration modular and mobile. The fact that I can change the layout of a room by easily moving things is something of a great quality. And that, as you can see, without making it look "nomadic".
decor8: What do you want to change?
Verena: My flat would be the PERFECT place if it was a bit sunnier, since it being in the raised ground floor makes it a bit shadowy.
decor8: Tell us about the inspiration behind your current decorating scheme…
Verena: Well, I collected many items throughout my life in Vienna and I love to arrange them so they reflect me and my mood. There is no big "scheme" I guess. But I DO love vintage things that have a history.
decor8: What do you think makes a house a home?
Verena: I know it's been said often before, but as soon as a house represents yourself by the way you live in it and is filled with your objects it becomes a home. I love it to to glaze over my home and remember all the stories behind the objects.
All of these gorgeous photos were shot by photographer Gregor Hofbauer – visit his site to learn more about him and his work. Thank you Verena for visiting us today on decor8 and for sharing your apartment with us!
(photography: Gregor Hofbauer)
I have a colorful and fun home to share with you today from Jutta Rikola who is a freelance illustrator, graphic designer and blogger living in Oulu, Finland. Jutta recently had a baby boy and has been homebound for the past year to care for him but is now getting back to work part-time, you can see her portfolio here and check out her blog, Kootut Murut, to see what her style is like.
Raised in Oulu where she has been most of her life, Jutta has also been in the US and England for brief stints including a year in London which she said definitely influenced her taste in interior design and adds, "I love old English architecture and the way they use color." Inspired by blogs and magazines, books, friends' homes, thrift stores, and her own home, Jutta says that, "There is inspiration everywhere and I find it hard to concentrate on just one thing. Especially with the baby, time has become a very limited resource, so I've been practicing toning it down." I can relate to her comment, as I'm sure most of you can to because you really must scale back from time to time or else you can feel a bit overwhelmed by all that is out there. As I looked at her home, I thought it would lend a more personal note to this post if I asked her a few questions about her decorating ideas and style, so here is what Jutta had to say to each of my questions below. I wonder how many of her answers you can relate to?
decor8: Where do you begin first when decorating or redecorating a room?
Jutta: With the space itself. What are its benefits and limitations? What will it be used for? Also, because I love to use colors and ornate patterns, taking the surrounding rooms into considerations is important. I make sure whatever I'm planning to use matches the surrounding spaces too so there will be a nice flow.
decor8: What do you love the most about your home?
Jutta: The original features. Wooden floors, 50's door handles, bumpy walls. Out latest renovation project kitchen, because it was such a struggle to get it done. We wanted to use traditional methods and recycled materials as much as possible. It was hard work, but the outcome is better than I even dared to hope for.
decor8: What do you want to change about your space?
Jutta: I wish there was more of it! I'd love to have a proper place to work. In 10 years time my dream is we've built a garage with an artist's studio, with light flooding in from huge north-facing windows.
decor8: Tell us about the inspiration behind your current decorating scheme…
Jutta: I think it was Yvonne from Yvestown who said her house tells her what to do. I feel the same. I listen to the house and it tells me what works for it and what doesn't. I think that it's important to respect the history of the house. Built in the 1940's and 1950's when they were rebuilding the country after war, these houses used to be modest. So no matter how much I'd like myself some decorative bling bling, I have to keep in line with the house's character. But of course a little kitsch is always welcome. Other than that it's a compromise between my and my husband's taste. Not too sweet, not too industrial.
decor8: What do you think makes a house a home?
Jutta: Tough one. I've lived years in houses that never felt like home and only months in one that immediately did. It's just a feeling that you get. When we were house-hunting for this house for example, I knew this was our home the moment we stepped in and saw the porch. Now that I think about it, what's in common with all the places that right away felt like home is that they were all built in the 40's or 50's. Maybe that's where my inner home is. Ha ha if that makes any sense. After years of renovating though our house is becoming more and more us. It's transforming into the vision I had in the beginning.
What a fun peek into your home Jutta, thank you for visiting us today on decor8 and sharing your ideas and advice with all of us!
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She and coach Barbu targeted 2:26 for her follow-up race at last spring's London Marathon. Whereas the final month before Chicago had been hampered by Achilles problems, London prep went smoothly, as she invested some of her Chicago earnings to purchase an ultrasound machine and get regular physical therapy and massages. "In London the pace felt fine through 21K, but when Mikitenko began the tempo changes, it felt like a fartlek and I couldn't find my rhythm." Chilling rain and wind at the end compounded the problems; nevertheless, she came home in 2:28:52, a 5-minute improvement in her second serious marathon.
"Barbu and I looked it over after London, and realized that I need even more mileage. Before London it was good, but not yet sufficient, and all the Colorado snow in February didn't help. We'll look to increase it as time goes on." It's the story of world-class marathon development–add 5, 10, 15 miles a week each year, dodge or deal with injuries, and mainly aim at consistency.
"I'm doing longer tempo runs now, maybe [14 miles] at [6,000 feet] altitude in Piatra Arsa this past summer. And I finish my 30K buildups stronger now, maybe at sub-3:10 [per kilometer], whereas a year ago I was finishing around 3:20. If I want to get to the level for medals and big victories, I'll need to get myself down to 2:22. This doesn't happen quickly. I'd like to get to 2:25-2:26 this fall, and then aim at 2:24. From there, we can re-evaluate how to get to 2:22."
A step at a time, with a Chicago encore the next big endeavor.
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Formatting fonts in Sigil
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Its the same with an image. Appending an image to the ePub with Sigil does not show the image at all - whereas it is still in the ePub. You have to use it somewhere in your (x)html files to be shown up. Same with fonts - adding them does not change anything at all. You have to use them in your CSS. Basic knowledge in XHTML and CSS is necessary for creating books with Sigil.
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Embedded fonts are usually introduced in CSS stylesheets by a @font-face declaration. I would like to stress a point that may confuse some beginner. Sigil ask you to be consistent: be careful to write the font family names on other parts of your stylesheet exactly in the same way as in your font-face declaration. This concerns single quotes. Single quotes are not compulsory for fonts with a one word name like Arial; or even LibertineOCRegular. You can either use then or not. It's optional. Times New Roman, on the other hand is a font name which includes two whitespaces and which must be written between quotes. It's compulsory. But, if you use single quotes in one place for a font name, use single quotes everywhere. Sigil cares for consistency. You can't really complain about it but you must be aware of it. http://code.google.com/p/sigil/issues/detail?id=1358 Here above, you'll find an attached EPUB file which has no validation problem either with Epubcheck or FlightCrew. ADE displays the true small capitals, Sigil does not, precisely because of this single quotes discrepancy. You also can check how it displays on ADE as there, sometimes, can be, for me, unexplained differences. Have a look at this book for example: http://efele.net/ebooks/livres/000163/index.html L'homme au masque d'or and download the epub version (not the epub-) and compare Sigil and ADE displays. I would be keen to have some comments on this. This is an advice. Last edited by roger64; 04-19-2012 at 01:12 AM. Reason: A lenghtened commentary |
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Effects of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate on high-level jejunojejunostomy. | |
MedLine Citation:
PMID: 19907184 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
BACKGROUND: Morbidity and mortality due to anastomotic complications in gastrointestinal surgery remain important problems. The tissue adhesive N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NB2CA) is used in many fields of surgery. This study was designed to assess the effects of NB2CA on high-level jejunojejunostomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty male albino Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups of 10 each. The groups were treated as follows: group 1 underwent only a jejunojejunostomy, group 2 underwent jejunojejunostomy followed by NB2CA application around the anastomosis, group 3 underwent jejunojejunostomy after a 60-min ischemia and a 60-min reperfusion, and group 4 underwent jejunojejunostomy after a 60-min ischemia and a 60-min reperfusion followed by NB2CA application around the anastomosis. At postoperative day 7, the subjects in all groups were sacrificed. Intra-abdominal adhesions, anastomotic complications and anastomotic burst pressures (ABP) were recorded. RESULTS: The analysis of all the groups for adhesion scores and ABP showed statistical significance (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The use of NB2CA had positive effects in terms of increasing ABP both with and without the initial ischemia- reperfusion insult. However, it had the adverse effect of significantly increasing the number of intra-abdominal adhesions. |
C O Ensari; V Genc; A Cakmak; B Erkek; K Karayalcin |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-11-12 |
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Title: European surgical research. Europ?ische chirurgische Forschung. Recherches chirurgicales europ?ennes Volume: 44 ISSN: 1421-9921 ISO Abbreviation: Eur Surg Res Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2010-01-13 Completed Date: 2010-04-08 Revised Date: - |
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Department of Surgery, Ankara University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey. |
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Anastomosis, Surgical Animals Enbucrilate / therapeutic use* Jejunum / surgery* Male Postoperative Complications / prevention & control* Rats Rats, Wistar Tissue Adhesions / prevention & control* |
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Inside America's Dirty WarsPosted on Apr 25, 2013
This piece is being republished here with the permission of the author, whose new book is "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield." This article first appeared on The Nation. Anwar al-Awlaki's youngest brother, Ammar, was nothing like him. While Anwar embraced a radical interpretation of Islam and preached jihad against the United States, Ammar was pursuing a career at an oil company in Yemen. Ammar was Canadian-educated and politically well connected. He dressed in blue jeans, wore hip Armani eyeglasses and sported a goatee. His hair was slicked back, and he had the latest iPhone. In February 2011, Ammar told me, he was in Vienna on a business trip. He had just returned to his hotel after sampling some of the local cuisine with an Austrian colleague when the phone in his room rang. "Hello, Ammar?" said a man with an American accent. "My wife knows your wife, and I have a gift for her." Ammar went down to the lobby and saw a tall, thin white man in a crisp blue suit. They shook hands. "Can we talk a bit?" the man asked, and the two sat down in the lobby. "I don't actually have a gift for your wife. I came from the States, and I need to talk to you about your brother." "I'm guessing you're either FBI or CIA," Ammar said. The man smiled. Ammar asked him for identification. "Come on, we're not FBI, we don't have badges to identify us," the man said. "The best I can do is, I can show you my diplomatic passport…. Call me Chris," the American added. Advertisement Square, Site wide Chris made it clear that he worked for the CIA. He told Ammar that the United States had a task force dedicated to "killing or capturing your brother"—and that while everyone preferred to bring Anwar in alive, time was running out. "He's going to be killed, so why don't you help in saving his life by helping us capture him?" Chris said. Then he added, "You know, there's a $5 million bounty on your brother's head. You won't be helping us for free." Ammar told Chris that he didn't want the money, that he hadn't seen Anwar since 2004 and had no idea where he was. The American countered, "That $5 million would help raise [Anwar's] kids." "I don't think there's any need for me to meet you again," Ammar told Chris. Even so, the American told Ammar to think it over, perhaps discuss it with his family. "We can meet when you go to Dubai in two weeks," he said. Ammar was stunned: his tickets for that trip had not yet been purchased, and the details were still being worked out. Chris gave Ammar an e-mail address and said he'd be in touch. Ammar returned to Yemen and talked to his mother. "You stop it. Don't even reply to them, don't contact them again," she said. "Just stop." When Chris began e-mailing him after their meeting, Ammar didn't respond. * * * On May 2, 2011, the night President Obama informed the world that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a team of Navy SEALs in Pakistan, thousands of Americans poured into the streets in front of the White House and in New York's Times Square, chanting, "USA, USA, USA!" The families of people killed on 9/11 spoke of bin Laden's death bringing closure. But the Al Qaeda leader's demise breathed new life into Washington's global "war on terror." The elite Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), once shrouded in secrecy, became a household name overnight. The Disney Corporation tried to trademark the term "SEAL Team Six," and Zero Dark Thirty, a high-profile Hollywood film, was hastily rewritten to focus on the operation; the filmmakers were even given access to sensitive material. While the battle over leaks concerning the operation—as well as the various contradictory stories on how bin Laden was killed—raged in the media, the White House was deeply immersed in planning more lethal operations against so-called "High Value Targets." Chief among these was Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen of Yemeni descent born in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Three days after Obama's news conference on bin Laden, the president's counterterrorism team presented him with an urgent intelligence update on Awlaki. Along with signals intercepts by JSOC and the CIA and "vital details of Awlaki's whereabouts" from Yemeni intelligence, the White House now had what it believed was its best shot to date at killing the radical cleric, whose fiery speeches denouncing the United States—and praising attacks on Americans—had placed him in the cross-hairs of the US counterterrorism apparatus. US military aircraft were at the ready. Obama gave the green light. JSOC would run the operation. A Special Ops Dragon Spear aircraft mounted with short-range Griffin missiles blasted into Yemeni airspace, backed by Marine Harrier jets and Predator drones, and headed toward Shabwah Province. A Global Hawk surveillance aircraft would hover above to relay a live feed back to the mission planners. * * * On the evening of May 5, Awlaki and some friends were driving through Jahwa, in rural southern Shabwah, when their pickup truck was rocked by a massive explosion nearby, shattering its windows. Awlaki saw a flash of light and believed that a rocket had been fired at their vehicle. "Speed up!" he yelled at the driver. Awlaki looked around the truck and took stock of the situation. No one was hurt. The back of the pickup was filled with canisters of gasoline, yet the vehicle had not exploded. Alhamdulillah, Awlaki thought, according to his detailed account of the incident that later appeared in Inspire, the English-language magazine published by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). "Praise God." He called for help. While Awlaki and his colleagues scrambled to get away from what they thought was an ambush, JSOC planners watched via satellite as his truck emerged from the dust clouds that the Griffin missile had caused. They'd missed—there had been a malfunction in the targeting pod, and the missile's guidance system was unable to keep a lock on Awlaki's vehicle. It would now be up to the Harriers and the drones. Strike two: a massive fireball lit up the sky. Just as the celebrations at JSOC were about to begin, the mission's planners watched in shock as the truck emerged once again from the smoke. Its back bumper had been damaged, but the truck was on the run. The Harriers were running low on fuel and had to abandon the mission. The third strike had to come from one of the drones. Awlaki peered out the window, looking for the perpetrators of the ambush. It was then that he saw it: a drone hovering in the sky. As smoke and dust engulfed the area, Awlaki told the driver not to head toward any populated areas. They pulled into a small valley with some trees.
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HMAS Tobruk (L 50)
HMAS Tobruk at Fleet Base East in 2013
Career (Australia) | |
Namesake: | The Siege of Tobruk |
Ordered: | 3 November 1977 (construction contract signed) |
Builder: | Carrington Slipways, Tomago |
Cost: | $59 million[1] |
Laid down: | 7 February 1978 |
Launched: | 1 March 1980 |
Commissioned: | 23 April 1981 |
Motto: | "Faithful and Strong" |
Honours and awards: |
Battle honours: East Timor 1999 Plus two inherited honours |
Status: | Active as of 2015 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Modified Round Table class Landing Ship Heavy |
Displacement: | 5,800 tons |
Length: | 126 m (413 ft) |
Beam: | 18 m (59 ft) |
Draught: | 4.9 m (16 ft) |
Propulsion: | 2 × Mirrlees Blackstone KDMR8 diesel engines providing 9,600 hp (7.2 mW) |
Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Range: | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Boats and landing craft carried: |
Capacity: | up to 18 Leopard 1 MBTs and 40 APCs, 300 to 520 soldiers |
Complement: | 145 (including 15 soldiers in Ships Army Detachment) |
Armament: | As built: 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × Bofors 40/60 bow mounted guns Current: 6 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × Mini Typhoon Guns (current) |
Aviation facilities: | 2 helicopter spots on main cargo deck 1 helicopter spot on rear flight deck Both decks rated up to Chinook |
Notes: | Ship diagrams[2] Launching Ceremony Booklet [3] |
HMAS Tobruk (L 50) is a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), based on the design of the Round Table class of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Laid down in February 1979, Tobruk was the first purpose-built amphibious vessel of the RAN, and was intended to provide the Australian Defence Force with a sealift capability. She was commissioned into the RAN in April 1981, but was afflicted by several engine and sewerage treatment plant problems during the early part of her career; the latter causing a death on board in 1981.
While the Government intended to retire her in the early 1990s, this did not go ahead, and Tobruk remains in service with the RAN as of 2015.
Design and construction[edit]
In the late 1970s, it was decided that the Australian Army needed to be provided with a long-term sealift capability, preferably through the acquisition of a dedicated cargo ship.[4] The chartering of civilian ships to provide this capability when required—as had been done with the merchant vessels Jeparit and Boonaroo during the Vietnam War—was considered and rejected, because Australian National Line was unable to provide the necessary level of support.[4] It was decided that a purpose-built ship would be constructed for the role, and would be operated by the RAN.[4] While the Army did not require that the ship be capable of beaching, the RAN set this as a requirement, to maximise the ship's flexibility. In 1975, the Navy successfully convinced Australian Military's Force Structure Committee to endorse this requirement over the Army's opposition, and the committee authorised the purchase of a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) on 19 March 1975.[5]
The ship's name was selected in 1976 and refers to the Siege of Tobruk during World War II, in which the RAN's so-called 'Scrap Iron Flotilla' supplied the besieged 9th Australian Division.[6] She is the second RAN ship of this name; preceded by the Battle class destroyer HMAS Tobruk (D37).
Two designs were considered for Tobruk; a modified Sir or Round Table class landing ship logistics, in use with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary at the time, was selected for construction.[4] Tobruk's design was based on RFA Sir Bedivere, the second of the class, which had been modified following the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's experience with operating the class' lead ship, RFA Sir Lancelot.[6] The Australian modifications to the design were kept to a minimum to simplify construction; the most significant changes were to improve the ship's ability to operate both large and multiple helicopters, fitting an operations room, and adding a derrick with a lift of 70 tonnes. Most of the other changes related to bringing accommodation conditions into line with Australian requirements. Like the other ships of the Round Table Class, Tobruk was built to commercial rather than military standards, and is unable to sustain as much damage as warships.[7] The ship was fitted with different engines to those used in the British ships, which were proven unreliable early in Tobruk's career.[8]
Tobruk was built by Carrington Slipways, Tomago, New South Wales. The company was selected following a competitive tender in May 1977, with contract negotiations completed on 3 November 1977.[9] Construction of Tobruk formally began on 7 February 1979, when the ship's keel was laid. Tobruk was launched on 1 March 1980 and left the dockyard for the first time in December 1980. The ship's construction had been delayed by over four months by industrial disputes[10] and her final price of $59 million was 42 percent more than originally estimated.[1] The ship's sea trials were conducted in early 1981 off Newcastle and Port Stephens by a joint Navy-Army-civilian crew and fitting out was completed on 7 April 1981. Tobruk was handed over to the Navy on 11 April 1981 and was commissioned at Newcastle on 23 April.[11]
Tobruk has received a number of modifications during her service. These include the removal of her two 40/60 Bofors guns in the mid-1990s.[12]
Tobruk was the first purpose-built amphibious vessel in the RAN. She is designed as a multi-purpose, roll-on/roll-off heavy lift and transport vessel – the ship can be loaded via ramps at both the bow and stern, and can be purposely beached.[13] The ship is classified as a Landing Ship Heavy by the RAN.[14]
Tobruk can carry the Army's M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks[15] and 40 M113 or ASLAV armoured personnel carriers. Before they were retired from service, Tobruk was also capable of carrying up to 18 Leopard 1 tanks.[13] A pair of LCM-8 landing craft can be carried in specially designed cradles on the ship's vehicle deck, while a pair of Australian-built LCVPs are mounted either side of the superstructure.[13] The ship also has two landing platforms, one behind the superstructure and one in the well deck, which are rated for helicopters up to and including the size of the Chinook.[13] Tobruk has a standard capacity of 300 troops, with an overload capacity of 520.[13]
Operational history[edit]
Following her commissioning, Tobruk proceeded to her initial home port of HMAS Moreton in Brisbane, Queensland for the first time, then undertook further sea trials. These trials were conducted during the winter of 1981, and were intended to both test whether the ship met her design specifications and develop procedures for landing helicopters and beaching. The trials were generally successful, although Tobruk's engines continued to be unreliable and problems were encountered with the sewage system.[16] The ship undertook its first tasking in the spring of 1981 when she transported elements of the 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery from Adelaide to Port Alma, Queensland. Following this Tobruk proceeded to Port Phillip Bay and suffered a serious engine malfunction while approaching Station Pier. While the engines were repaired, the main engine control mechanism was later found to be entirely unreliable and had to be redesigned and reconstructed at Brisbane. During trials following this repair the ship's sewerage system seriously malfunctioned, fatally gassing one of the Australian Navy Cadets who had been embarked for seagoing experience.[17] The cadet's death led to an inquiry into the ship by the Commonwealth Government's Auditor General which concluded that she should not have been accepted by the RAN at the time she was commissioned due to the number of defects still present.[18]
Tobruk conducted her first trips outside Australia in the early 1980s. On 15 February 1982, the ship left Brisbane to transport eight Royal Australian Air Force UH-1 Iroquois helicopters and supporting stores to join the Australian contingent to the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula. Tobruk arrived in Ashdod, Israel on 19 March, becoming the first Australian warship to visit the country, and arrived back in Brisbane on 30 April. The ship transported cyclone relief stores to Tonga in May and spent the remainder of the year undertaking tasks in Australian waters. These included supporting the 1982 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Brisbane. In early 1983, Tobruk travelled to Malaysia to assist the RAAF in withdrawing units from RAAF Base Butterworth. In February 1984, Tobruk took part in exercises in New Zealand, before travelling to Tuvalu in August, where she provided support and accommodation for delegates to the South Pacific Forum.[19] In late 1985, the naval base HMAS Moreton was decommissioned into reserve, prompting the disbanding of the Amphibious Squadron (which had consisted of Tobruk and the six Balikpapan class landing craft) and the relocation of Tobruk 's homeport to Fleet Base East in Sydney.[20]
In May 1987, Tobruk formed part of the Australian military force which deployed to Fiji following the 1987 Fijian coups d'état. The goal of this deployment, which was designated Operation Morris Dance, was to evacuate Australian citizens if necessary. Tobruk left Sydney carrying Army stores and five helicopters on 21 May and embarked 'B' Company of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) at Norfolk Island on 23 May. Tobruk joined HMA Ships Sydney, Parramatta and Success off Suva on 26 May. By this time it had become clear that there would not be a need to evacuate Australians from Fiji and Tobruk proceeded to support the South Pacific Forum meeting at Apia, Samoa after cross-decking the troops and their supplies to the other ships. Operation Morris Dance revealed serious shortcomings in the Australian Defence Force's ability to deploy forces outside Australia, with the Army unit having no previous experience of amphibious operations and the naval helicopters being unable to carry Army supplies.[21]
After Operation Morris Dance, Tobruk returned to mainly routine duties. She travelled to New Zealand on a training cruise in early 1988 and was placed on alert to carry an Army force to evacuate Australian civilians from Vanuatu in April 1988 following a political crisis there. While Tobruk was loaded with stores and three Sea King helicopters, this deployment did not eventuate and the ship was unloaded on 24 May. The ship transported the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment's vehicles and supplies to the west coast of the United States in early 1989 and participated in a joint Australian, British, Canadian and United States amphibious warfare exercise at Monterey Bay. The ship then visited Canada before returning to Australia. In December 1989, Tobruk was forced to undergo unscheduled repairs at Newcastle to repair damage caused by excessive vibration, which had possibly been caused by her engines revving at a higher rate than the ship had been designed for.[22]
Tobruk began the 1990s with another deployment at short notice to the South Pacific. On 26 January 1990, she was tasked to assist with evacuating Australian citizens from Bougainville in Papua New Guinea; this operation was cancelled in early February while the ship was travelling to the island from Sydney. On 5 March, Tobruk left Sydney bound for Gallipoli, Turkey in company with HMAS Sydney to participate in ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove. Tobruk carried vehicles, stores and support personnel for the ceremony on 25 April, with many of the ship's crew also going ashore to visit the battlefields on Anzac Day.[23]
In late December 1992, Tobruk was selected to take part in Operation Solace, Australia's contribution to the international peacekeeping effort in Somalia. The ship left Sydney on 26 December, embarked much of 1RAR's equipment at Townsville and departed for Somalia on 1 January 1993. The loading process had been delayed by another serious toxic gas incident in one of the ship's sewerage plants. She arrived at Mogadishu on 19 January and was ordered to remain in the area after unloading the battalion's equipment on 23 January. The ship remained off East Africa for four and a half months, and transported humanitarian supplies from Kenya as well as providing 1RAR with a communications link to Australia. Tobruk re-embarked 1RAR's equipment at Mogadishu on 14 May and returned to Sydney via Townsville on 21 June. The ship was awarded the Gloucester Cup for 1993 for her service off Somalia and subsequent operations during the year.[24]
In 1993, the Australian Government decided to purchase two ex-United States Navy Newport class tank landing ships to replace Tobruk and the navy's training and sealift ship HMAS Jervis Bay in 1994. Plans were developed to place Tobruk in reserve or lease her to the Royal New Zealand Navy. While the New Zealand government was interested in obtaining a sealift ship, the RNZN did not feel that it could afford to crew and operate Tobruk and the negotiations with New Zealand ended unsuccessfully in September 1994. The unexpected difficulty of upgrading the two LSTs led to the date of Tobruk's retirement being postponed to mid-1996, with the ship continuing normal operations.[25] After the negotiations with New Zealand ended, the RAN opened negotiations with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, which was considering scrapping one of their LSLs and replacing it with Tobruk. A British team travelled to Australia to inspect the ship in December 1994, but this sale did not eventuate. The Portuguese Navy expressed interest in buying Tobruk in 1995 and sent a team to Sydney in 1996 to inspect the ship. During this period Tobruk remained in active service, and in 1997 the new Liberal Party government decided to retain her until 2010 as the two LSTs could not fully replace her ability to carry heavy equipment. The period of uncertainty about the ship's fate led to a deterioration in her material condition, as she did not receive a major refit during the period she was up for sale.[26]
Tobruk played an important role in efforts to end the civil war in Bougainville during the 1990s. In September 1994, she transported an Australian peacekeeping force to Bougainville to protect peace talks which were attempting to end the civil war on the island. These talks were not successful and during the deployment one of the ship's Sea King helicopters was damaged by small arms fire; the first damage sustained by a RAN unit since the Vietnam War.[27] A peace agreement was signed in October 1997, and Tobruk returned to Bougainville in November of that year to deploy a peace monitoring group. The ship made several voyages to the island during the first four months of 1998 to support the peace process. Further voyages to Bougainville took place in September 1998, February 2000 and August 2003; the last of these was to extract the peace monitoring group following the successful conclusion of this mission. Tobruk also participated in a major international exercise in South East Asia in 1999.[28]
In 1999 and 2000, Tobruk took part in the international peacekeeping effort in East Timor. On 30 August 1999, the day the referendum which led to East Timor's independence was held, she left Sydney for Townsville to load elements of the 3rd Brigade in case there was a need to evacuate Australians and other foreigners from East Timor. The referendum was followed by widespread violence and the Indonesian government agreed to an international peacekeeping force (the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) being deployed to East Timor in mid-September. Tobruk left Darwin on 18 September under escort by HMS Glasgow, and arrived at Dili on 21 September. The ship made six further voyages between Darwin and East Timor in September and October 1999, and continued to make an important contribution to the peacekeeping operation until November, when she returned to Sydney for maintenance. Tobruk made two further trips to East Timor in March and April 2000.[29] Tobruk was later awarded the battle honour "East Timor 1999" in recognition of her contribution to INTERFET.[30][31]
In mid-2000, a civil war broke out in the Solomon Islands; Tobruk was ordered to the Islands' capital, Honiara, to evacuate Australian citizens. She arrived on 8 June and embarked 486 civilians, who were then transported to Cairns, Queensland. After a brief maintenance period, Tobruk returned to the Solomons in late June, where she served as the venue for peace talks. She spent almost all of July at anchor off Honiara and returned to Australia after a cease-fire agreement was signed on board the ship on 2 August. Tobruk made a further voyage to the Solomons in December 2000 to support the International Peace Monitoring team which had been established there. A peace treaty ending the conflict was signed on board the ship on 7 February 2001 and she returned to Sydney on 15 February.[32] Tobruk took part of Operation Relex in late 2001 and early 2002 where she transported would-be refugees to Nauru and Christmas Island. She also made a further voyage from Darwin to East Timor in April 2002 to deliver supplies to the Australian Defence Force units there.[33]
In April 2005, HMAS Tobruk left Sydney to transport 20 ASLAVs to Kuwait, where they would equip the Australian Army's Al Muthanna Task Group in Iraq. The ASLAVs were embarked at Darwin on 18 April and the ship arrived at Kuwait on 9 May. She returned to Australia via India, arriving back in Sydney on 22 June.[34] Tobruk undertook a second voyage to the Middle East in late 2006 to transport the equipment for the Army forces in the Reconstruction Task Force in Afghanistan and arrived home via the Philippines in April 2007.[35]
Tobruk travelled to Nias Island in Indonesia in March 2006 to support ceremonies commemorating the anniversary of the crash of Sea King helicopter Shark 02 there on 2 April 2005. Following this deployment, she took part in Exercise Croix du Sud off New Caledonia, then proceeded to the Philippines where she was to embark an OV-10 Bronco aircraft for the Australian War Memorial.[36]
In mid-May, Tobruk was recalled from her voyage to the Philippines to embark elements of the 3rd Brigade for an urgent deployment to East Timor following fighting caused by unrest in the country's military. She proceeded to Dili in company with the Navy's two Kanimbla class landing platform amphibious ships. This was the first time that an Australian amphibious readiness group had been formed since World War II.[37] The Group departed from Townsville on 23 May and arrived at Dili a few days later. After unloading her cargo, Tobruk returned to Townsville where she embarked a second load of vehicles and supplies for the Australian forces in East Timor, arriving back at Dili in the first week of June. She returned to Sydney in late June.[38]
In November 2006 it was reported that while the Department of Defence had engaged a specialist to supervise the removal of large quantities of asbestos from Tobruk, her crew were concerned that the ship was continuing operations during the overhaul. The report also stated that removal of the material had been delayed for several years due to the ship's high operational tempo.[39]
In late December 2007, two groups of 60 Australian Navy Cadets and staff were embarked aboard Tobruk for the final part of the ship's deployment with Operation Resolute and the return voyage from Darwin to Sydney.[40] This was the first time cadets had been embarked under these conditions.[40][clarification needed] The first group remained aboard until Tobruk arrived in Cairns, where they were replaced with the second group for the return to Sydney.[40]
In 2008, Tobruk formed part of the Australia Defence Force's contingent during the annual RIMPAC exercise off Hawaii.[41] She left Sydney on 10 June and returned on 18 August. During the exercise Tobruk embarked and landed United States Marines Amphibious Assault Vehicles.[42][43] In October, Tobruk and HMAS Brunei supported the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program (AACAP) by transporting equipment from Kalumburu, Western Australia at the end of an AACAP project.[44]
On 22 February 2009, Tobruk was used as the venue for a Fall Out Boy concert.[45] From 3 April to 24 June she operated off northern Australia as part of Operation Resolute.[46] On 16 April she was one of the ships which responded to an explosion on board the refugee ship 'Siev 36'. During this operation she provided medical treatment to people wounded in the blast and her embarked Sea King helicopter flew the more badly injured to Mungalalu Truscott Airbase.[47] Tobruk subsequently carried 136 refugees to Christmas Island in early May.[48] During the period 3 April to 24 June she spent 79 days at sea and only four in port, steamed 16,867 nautical miles (31,238 km) and embarked more than 250 asylum seekers.[46] In October 2009 she sailed to Samoa to conduct relief operations after the islands were affected by the 2009 Samoa earthquake.[49]
Tobruk completed a period of extended maintenance in April 2010. As of late May that year, she had sailed 823,587 nautical miles (1,525,283 km; 947,767 mi) during her service with the RAN.[49] During the first week of September 2010, Tobruk and two other RAN amphibious ships participated in the United States-led Pacific Partnership 2010 deployment in Papua New Guinea.[50]
In early 2011, Tobruk was at Garden Island Naval Dockyard for heavy repairs to the propeller shaft. As a result, she was not available to participate in Operation Yasi Assist following Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi and, due to both ships of the Kanimbla class being out of service due to mechanical problems, the Navy did not have an amphibious transport capacity at the time.[51] Minister for Defence Stephen Smith stated afterwards that he was misinformed about when Tobruk would be ready to put to sea if required.[52][53] Temporary repairs were completed by 7 March, and the ship was returned to "48-hours deployment notice" status, although more permanent repairs will be required in the future.[54] Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, Tobruk and Sydney were placed on alert to transport supplies and Australian Army engineers to Japan if this was requested by the Japanese Government.[55] In May 2011, the ship began a two-month-long maintenance period in Sydney.[56] To provide an amphibious capability during this refit, the civilian icebreaker Aurora Australis was chartered from May until August.[56][57] Although Tobruk will be active during late August and early September, she will then return to dockyard hands for further maintenance during September and October in preparation for the 2011–12 tropical cyclone season.[57] The Australian Customs vessel Ocean Protector was used for humanitarian and disaster relief operations during Tobruk 's docking.[57]
In October 2013, Tobruk participated in the International Fleet Review 2013.[58] On 18 November, the ship sailed from Townsville with disaster relief supplies for Tacloban City and coastal regions of Leyte in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan.[59] The ship returned to Sydney on 21 December.[60]
In March 2015 Tobruk was deployed to Vanuatu as part of Australia's response to Cyclone Pam. The ship embarked 355 personnel and a helicopter.[61]
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Blues poised to land Sebek
Teenage goalkeeper Jan Sebek is set to sign a professional contract with Chelsea, according to the player's agent.
Sebek joined the Blues on trial in 2007 but struggled to adapt to life away from the Czech Republic.
The 18-year-old returned to his homeland on loan but was offered the chance to again impress at Stamford Bridge last year.
Upon his return to West London, Sebek was handed the chance to represent the club's reserve side and he kept a clean sheet versus their Arsenal counterparts.
"I can confirm that Sebek is going to sign a professional contract with Chelsea on 2nd July," Sebek's agent, Pavel Zika, told deniksport.cz.
Sebek said: "It is a dream come true for me. I had been playing football at Tachov until I was 15 and I could not imagine that I would be going elsewhere then.
"After moving to Viktoria Plzen and a first half-year I earned my first international call-up and then the Chelsea offer came."


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I can't believe how tired I feel today after the fun and busy weekend we just had. Cooking for thirty people and partying afterwards is no laughing matter anymore for me. I am not 23 anymore and I am starting to feel it, LOL. Anyway, today is a busy day in What's Cooking because I have a lot of things to post about.
First we have a winner for the SCANPAN 10″ eco-friendly fry-pan. We had seven participants and random.org picked number 5. Congratulations Anniepooh! A brand new pan will be on its way to your house soon! A true foodie like yourself deserves the best and not that pan you are still using, hehe. You will be able to throw it away soon
Second, Homemade #4 – Tortillas was a big success. We didn't have a ton of entries, but the ones we did have were so amazing that I feel so proud of each and every single participant. Great job everybody! Now you can proudly say that you are a true tortilla maker Here are the entries:
icedteaforme made corn tortillas for cinco de mayo:
Cory has been making his own flour tortillas for a long time and he shared his recipe with us:
And Ben, your host, made spinach tortillas and beet chalupas, look at those beautiful colors:
Thank you everyone for participating. This has been my favorite Homemade challenge so far. I will be posting this month's challenge sometime this week. I need to make it and get some pictures of it. So stay tuned!
And speaking of tortillas, for my Foodbuzz taco party on Saturday I didn't make my own tortillas. Originally I was thinking about it, but when I saw that the list of guests kept growing I decided to buy them from a tortilleria close to my house. In Mexico most people don't make their own tortillas anymore. They buy them fresh from tortillerias, shops with big machines that have one single purpose: making toritllas. I bought too many of them and now I have 9 dozens in my fridge and freezer. At least I won't have to worry about making tortillas for a while.
Two of the tacos I made for my event on Saturday were cochinita pibil (a traditional dish from the Yucatan peninsula) and al pastor tacos. I was going to write about these tacos, but I will let youtube do that for me today (I am still tired and can't think straight, LOL)
And here's a very talented, but shy, taquero (taco chef):
I didn't get any pictures of my al pastor tacos served with my pineapple pico de gallo salsa, but I leave you with the picture of cochinita pibil. You can get the recipe for these delicious tacos here.
¡Buen provecho!
I am sending this post to June's Go Ahead Honey is Gluten-Free hosted by Carol, because corn tortillas are gluten-free and can be more manly (this month's theme) than pork spicy tacos, right?


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Michiel van Dorsten is quickly picking up the skills needed for beach volleyball
Stare Jablonki, Poland, July 4, 2013 – Michiel van Dorsten is not taking a low-key start to life as a beach volleyball player.
Having made his FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour debut at The Hague Grand Slam less than a month ago, the Dutchman is now appearing at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013 alongside Tim Oude Elferink, who is quickly helping pick up the nuances of his new sport.
"It is completely different from the indoor game," Van Dorsten said. "You do everything; you have to pass, set and attack and that is the main difference. Indoor I was an opposite player and all I had to do was spike the ball. Here I have to set it and pass and you are involved in every play, so that means a big mental change too.
"He helps me a lot because he has played so many years of beach volleyball and teaches me skills and tricks. We also get on well off the court."
The 27-year-old only switched to beach volleyball from volleyball earlier in the year. He played for Dynamo Apeldoorm in the Dutch League, but suffered continual knee problems that affected his ability to play and train.
Having left the hard surface of the volleyball court behind, he has found that the sand is far more sympathetic to his knees and that he is able to get more out of the sport."
"I had some knee problems indoor and I couldn't train fulltime because of the knee," he said. "The sand is so much more comfortable for my knees and I can train six days a week.
"It is still heavy because there has been a lot of playing and a lot of training, but I can manage it and it is good."
Van Dorsten and Oude Elferink endured a tough start to life at the top of beach volleyball and suffered three losses against Spain's Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera and two Brazilian duos in Pedro Salgado and Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Vitor Felipe and Evandro Goncalves.
Despite the defeats, van Dorsten has a far greater long-term goal – the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games – and he is using Mazury 2013 as the first step in a learning process that he hopes will eventually earn him a place in Brazil.
"You see you have to achieve to be at the top of the world," he said. "Four months ago I couldn't set a ball or serve. I didn't know what I was doing, but it is going fast, so it is great.
"It was my goal when I started in beach volleyball, let's see if it is possible. I've only played for five months, so I can't say right now if I'm going to make it, but that is the goal."
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Dalhausser and Rosenthal stay on course at World Champs
05.07.2013 10:01:48
Laciga sees young teams going far in men's World Champs
04.07.2013 20:18:15
Men's Round of 32 fixed, women advance to Round of 16
04.07.2013 20:09:36
Drawn on the fourth of July
04.07.2013 20:09:12
Austrian pairs set to meet in round of 16
04.07.2013 19:08:08
Ludwig and Walkenhorst knock out year's leading side
04.07.2013 18:30:40
Spain's Herrera and Gavira upset Brazil to win the pool
04.07.2013 11:12:55
"Experience, technique and solid team play - still viable in the long run" - Pires
04.07.2013 09:58:14
Nummerdor's stats signal return to form
03.07.2013 21:19:47
Women's Round of 32 confirmed as Men enter final round of pool play
03.07.2013 20:53:42
Austrians eye Brazilian scalp and first place in pool
03.07.2013 20:30:27
Vanuatu duo rewarded with Czech challenge
03.07.2013 18:18:46
Brazil's Antonelli and Agatha advance to the elimination phase with three straight wins
03.07.2013 17:33:55
Mexican duo shock Austrians to make history
03.07.2013 09:31:17
Borger and Evandro proving to be aces in the pack
02.07.2013 21:21:02
Men start campaign as storm hits town
02.07.2013 20:14:25
Germans eye chance to take control of pool
02.07.2013 19:48:07
All to play for as women's pool play draws to a close
02.07.2013 19:19:47
Nystrom sisters shock first seeds with two-set victory
02.07.2013 18:56:50
Smedins ignores fraternal bond to make winning start
01.07.2013 21:21:02
Top seeds off to winning start at Beach Volleyball World Championships
01.07.2013 21:13:48
Ross confirms Walsh link-up
01.07.2013 19:10:43
Teams out to build on early momentum
01.07.2013 16:25:33
Xue and Zhang off to winning start at World Champs
01.07.2013 15:00:53
Men's field eyeing chance to dethrone reigning champions
01.07.2013 12:02:41
Dumbauskaite and Povilaityte write history for Lithuania
01.07.2013 09:22:39
Women lead off as FIVB's premier beach volleyball event starts Monday
30.06.2013 22:52:02
Talita and Taiana good enough to become world champions - Pottharst
30.06.2013 22:23:28
Brink ruled out of World Champs
30.06.2013 13:13:59
Alison and Emanuel fully prepared for title defence
29.06.2013 21:23:04
Full stats preview on Beach Volleyball World Championships
29.06.2013 17:08:28
Kessy hopes to return from hip and Achilles injuries
29.06.2013 12:19:57
World Championships broadcast deal set to take beach volleyball to new audiences
28.06.2013 13:41:03
Pavlik replaces Kessy for World Championships
27.06.2013 09:40:06
World Championships media guide available on-line
24.06.2013 13:24:14
Brazil on top on eve of World Championships
20.06.2013 19:11:49
Beach Volleyball World Champs match schedule unveiled
15.06.2013 13:06:45
Polish pair handed baptism of fire as World Championship Pools confirmed
13.06.2013 18:44:58
Brazilian defending champs and Chinese duo top seeds for FIVB World Championships
22.05.2013 16:47:57
New promotional spot for the Beach Volleyball World Championships
03.04.2013 16:13:41
Journalists invited to take to the sand in Stare Jablonki
27.03.2013 11:26:00
Beach Volleyball World Champs competition timing confirmed
14.03.2013 00:24:46
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2013 press conference - A breath of summer in the snow of Warsaw
04.02.2013 19:29:27
Excitement builds towards World Champs at 150-day mark
10.01.2013 16:26:00
Poland start 2013 World Championships preparation
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